The Roly Poly Fields

 When we were kids  -  there was a field at the edge of the village where we would lie down, at the top of the slope, and "roly poly", tumbling over and over on our sides, from top to bottom of the field- with much laughter, exhilaration and glee.Regardless of the odd cowpat, nettle or thistle. Sheer joy of living.

 That field still exists, despite the encroachment of the builders over the intervening decades.Not long ago I stood in the lane above, remembering the times when we village kids would roam all over the Lanner valley (West Cornwall) and up onto the hills on either side: the old tin and copper mines and the abandoned quarries were as familiar to us as our own back gardens .
 For us, it was an outdoor life, bikes, bows and arrows, camps made amongst prickly bushes and abandoned mine buildings, newt-filled ponds, feral cats and rabbit runs amongst the gorse.Going home, only when  the demands of dusk, hunger and scuffed elbows outweighed the call of hill and valley.

Nostalgia ? Yes- but how lucky we were to have lived that way - you cannot go back, exactly, but at any time, I can enter the Roly Poly fields of the imagination and feel the Earth and Sky alternating madly as my body  submits to gravity out  there on the green slopes.

 Then -came 1962, or thereabouts, a great Solar Eclipse in February (The great Aquarian Eclipse) signified a shift, an accelleration of events, inner and outer. The Beatles; "Telstar",Television, Technology. Town rather than country and the inevitable drama and revelation (that we all experience) of Adolescence and Young adulthood..
 Your experience, comparable, perhaps ? - may differ in  timing and "texture"to mine - yet we have all shared and partaken in, to some degree, the phenomenal developments since around 1945- at which period, Astrologically, from late August '45 to late September '46- the presence of planets Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron, together, in Libra, represented the great surge of hope and belief in a better Future, with compassion and concern  wrung from the heart, out of the catastrophe of a terrible war,which manifested at that time. Notably, in Britain, through the conception of the Welfare State, embedded in the Labour Party Manifesto of 1945 - written by Michael Young at Dartington, Devon (with Prime Minister Clement Attlee in attendance).

The same 3 Planets were together, again, this time in Aquarius, in 2009. Again, the vision presented - of One Humanity, the prospect of  Friendship whish transcends/ignores the usual barriers of race, class, religion, etc.A hint from the Great Spirit/Cosmic Intelligence?

  As for the Old Paradigm - which one might describe as the "Mushroom Treatment"  -"Keep in the dark and feed on crap.."( if you'll excuse the expression)- that's it, folks- time up!?

 It seems the Light is even reaching toward the Inner Sanctum of the Temple of Mammon - we hear Christine Lagarde, Head of the I.M.F. saying:- "Excessive inequality is corrosive to growth; it is corrosive to Society"
 Well done Christine! You're getting the hang of it!
 But don't over-emphasise the growth - a litle strategic shrinkage, especially around the Higher Echelons, would do no harm.

 In 2013 there will be emphasis upon the 3 Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces- as  many planets transit these zones during the year - Mercury (Guide, Messenger, Psychopomp), especially, spends no less than 205 days "In Water" during the year - largely because all 3 of its Retrograde periods take place in the Water Signs this year.
 Mid-July, especially, offers spectacular Grand Trines in Water, as does late June.

 The significance ? Deep Memory, recollection of things "submerged", objects "thrown in the Water" in lives unremembered, Coins thrown in Fountains - what DID you wish for?, Excaliburs returned to the hand; -and, very probably - RAIN. Atlantis, Lyonesse: Underground - Old wall exposed by Gas Main Renewal in Totnes High Street - Saxon - or older ?
Hidden things revealed.The Unity of All Things - sensed and experienced more readily.Whales, Dolphins and - Mermaids ?
Empathy felt and expressed, tears one cannot hold back, the closeness of guides, friends, family and ancestors in the "other world" .Tir-Nan-Og - the land of Eternal Youth...(the secret location of the Roly Poly Fields..).
 It rather depends upon where you "tune in" - and on that note -

 If you have ventured into the land of Totnes. F.M. (Online radio),you may have come across my Show "Earthstation Og" - a blend of Astrology, Astronomy, History, Guests and Music held together withWaffle.(Or Soundwich...)
  Totnes F.M. is now taking a break while it/we move to new premises in Totnes- a little closer to town - and to go fully "On Air" in the Summer - I'll keep you posted....


            The New Moon of  10 Feb. signals the start of Chinese New year (of the Water Snake).
 The New Moon of 11 March features no less than 8 Planets in  Pisces (if you count Sun, Moon and Chiron as planets).

Comet ISON, which could be "big", arrives in November - a "Sun Grazer", we'll learn more of this during the year. 
 7-9 Feb. - a chance to observe Mercury and Mars together, low in the West, after Sunset.


                  Ready to step into spring ?

           
                            With Kind Regards  - David (aka Og.)